About the data
The WBA Nature Benchmark measures and ranks the world's most influential companies on their efforts to protect the environment and its biodiversity, tracking how companies are reducing their negative impacts on nature and contributing to the protection and restoration of ecosystems, aligned with the goals of the Global Biodiversity Framework. The 2026 edition assessed 750 companies across multiple sectors including agro-food, forestry, building, tourism and the blue economy. The benchmark is developed in close collaboration with an Expert Review Committee and partners including GRI, SBTN, and TNFD, with a methodology designed to incentivise companies to understand where nature-related risks are highest and act to halt damaging trends, while keeping human rights and social impacts at its core.
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Methodology
While climate-related transition plans are becoming more prevalent in corporate agendas,
it is imperative for companies to also disclose nature-positive transition plans to address the
interconnected challenges of climate change, environmental degradation and pollution. A holistic
approach that integrates these efforts is essential to effectively confront the environmental polycrisis
and ensure long-term sustainability. This must be achieved in a just manner that supports, rather than
harms, the most vulnerable stakeholders on the ground.The company must describe concrete outcomes from efforts it is engaging in with other actors (e.g. other companies, civil society organizations, cities) to work towards a nature-positive economy. The element can be met if the company does one of the following:
Demonstrates results from collaboration, for example aature-positive impacts associated with joint advocacy or lobbying efforts
Demonstrating clear agreements or measurable outcomes achieved in collaboration with peers or municipalities
Provides evidence of knowledge sharing, for example creating guidance documents or shared frameworks to drive industry-wide change
Highlights measurable impacts, including metrics or data showing tangible results or joint efforts
Positive nature-related outcomes associated to joint advocacy or lobbying
Specific pro-environmental agreements (e.g. joint water agreements) that have been reached with peers
Supporting the uptake of environmental standards by less advanced peers
Joint development of knowledge products used to advance environmental goals
Outcomes of collaborations with municipalities (e.g. specific amount of waste reduction after the end of life of a product)
it is imperative for companies to also disclose nature-positive transition plans to address the
interconnected challenges of climate change, environmental degradation and pollution. A holistic
approach that integrates these efforts is essential to effectively confront the environmental polycrisis
and ensure long-term sustainability. This must be achieved in a just manner that supports, rather than
harms, the most vulnerable stakeholders on the ground.The company must describe concrete outcomes from efforts it is engaging in with other actors (e.g. other companies, civil society organizations, cities) to work towards a nature-positive economy. The element can be met if the company does one of the following:
Demonstrates results from collaboration, for example aature-positive impacts associated with joint advocacy or lobbying efforts
Demonstrating clear agreements or measurable outcomes achieved in collaboration with peers or municipalities
Provides evidence of knowledge sharing, for example creating guidance documents or shared frameworks to drive industry-wide change
Highlights measurable impacts, including metrics or data showing tangible results or joint efforts
Positive nature-related outcomes associated to joint advocacy or lobbying
Specific pro-environmental agreements (e.g. joint water agreements) that have been reached with peers
Supporting the uptake of environmental standards by less advanced peers
Joint development of knowledge products used to advance environmental goals
Outcomes of collaborations with municipalities (e.g. specific amount of waste reduction after the end of life of a product)
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